TSX Venture gains during Jan. 9-13 trading period
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index added 33.22 points or 5.7% over the Jan. 6-13 trading period to end at 615.11. Dynasty Gold was the week’s second-highest gainer by percentage, surging…
Asia
TSX, spot gold rise during Jan. 9-13 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 545.6 points or 2.75% to finish the Jan. 9-13 trading week at 20,360.10 and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 4.94 points or 4.25% to…
New Saudi company formed to secure critical minerals globally
Saudi Arabian state miner Ma’aden inked a major new deal with the kingdom’s sovereign wealth reserve the Public Investment Fund (PIF) at the Future Minerals Forum 2023 in Riyadh this…
Saudi Arabia advances world’s first integrated battery metals plant
Saudi Arabia aims to start construction by December on the world’s first integrated battery metals complex built and fed with raw materials by the same company. Perth, Australia-based EV Metals…
Eurasian Resources expands search for EV minerals in Saudi Arabia
Eurasian Resources Group has signed deals to explore in Saudi Arabia with a Mars rover-like sampler as it helps prepare a passport for electric vehicles showing their battery mineral sources….
Barrick looks to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan for growth – exclusive interview with Mark Bristow
Managing risk while war wages in Europe, inflation stings and recession looms is a long-term task best tackled by improving education and living standards in developing nations, Barrick Gold (TSX:…
Ivanhoe Electric, Barrick Gold sign JVs with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden
Ivanhoe Electric (TSX: IE; NYSE-AM: IE), the latest endeavour of mining magnate Robert Friedland, is joining with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned miner Ma’aden to explore for copper, gold, silver and electric…
Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023
To say 2022 was tumultuous is an understatement. War, inflation, climate disasters, market volatility: the past year was anything but business as usual for most. ESG, which had seemed firmly…
Vale evaluates offers for $2.5B base metals unit
Vale (NYSE: VALE), one the world’s largest iron ore miner and the top nickel producer, has shortlisted suitors for a 10% of its base metals business estimated to be worth…
Anglo Asian Mining invests again in Libero Copper
Gold, copper and silver producer Anglo Asian Mining (LSE: AAZ), has made a third investment in Canada’s Libero Copper & Gold (TSXV: LBC), which focuses on finding copper assets in…
Take The Northern Miner’s 2022 news quiz
From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to stubbornly high inflation, and an unrelenting focus on reshoring critical minerals supply chains, last year was full of twists and turns for miners. Were…
Manganese batteries market may face deficit in 2024
The high-purity manganese market may face a deficit as early as 2024, according to people in the industry. An essential component of the steel-making process, manganese has played an increasing…